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The Truth About Immigration and Public Opinion

Is immigration really just a political loser for the left?

Trump Is Lying to the U.S. Military

He demonstrates contempt for Americans in uniform while claiming to adore them—but wants service members to “revolt” for him at th...

The iPhone Is Now an AI Trojan Horse

Generative AI has become truly inescapable.

The Mid-year Best-of List Is a Travesty

The worst idea of 2024 so far

A Best-of-the-Year List in June?

The worst idea of 2024 so far

Biden Saw What Was Wrong With Democrats’ Immigration Po...

The incorrect assumption that Latinos oppose stronger controls over who enters the country

The Orthodoxy That Doomed Democrats’ Border Policies

The incorrect assumption that Latinos oppose stronger controls over who enters the country

The Far Right’s New ‘Badge of Honor’

Extremist influencers no longer need to preserve their anonymity at all costs.

Once a Convict

Trump has crossed a great divide in society.

The U.S. Economy Reaches Superstar Status

No, really.

The Father-Son Talk I Never Expected to Have

I almost never spoke about my past as an addict. Then adolescence came for my son.

How to Win at Real Life

We can learn things from games that can make us better at life.

The Most American City

Searching for the nation’s future in Phoenix, Arizona

<em>The Atlantic</em>’s July/August Issue on Climate Ch...

George Packer’s cover story offers a sweeping and kaleidoscopic look at the rise and possible fall of Phoenix, Arizona, and what i...

America’s Loneliness Has a Concrete Explanation

Dining space is dying.

The Talk

I almost never spoke about my past as an addict. Then adolescence came for my son.

The Death of the Dining Room

How “great rooms,” building codes, and “Netflix-and-chill apartments” redefined eating in America.

The U.S. Economy Is Absolutely Fantastic

No, really.

How to Game Reality

We can learn things from games that can make us better at life.

The Valley

Searching for the future in the most American city

In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World

Returning the planet to some sort of climate equilibrium is a universal interest.

Cruise Ships Aren’t Ready for Instant Tsunamis

Landslides can cause sudden, powerful tsunamis—and no one really knows how to navigate them.

Why Russia Is Happy at War

A centuries-long tradition of authoritarian rule and disregard for individual rights underpins Vladimir Putin’s imperial project....

A Rare Take on Young Love

Culture and entertainment musts from Rina Li

Why California Is Swinging Right on Crime

Viral videos and their outraging, perception-changing, galvanizing effects may have propelled both outraged skepticism of tough-on...

Mojave Ghost

Looking for their night roost, tiny birds drop like stars into the darkened dead trees around me. I thought dreams were like wate...

The Biden Doctrine

Like his presidential predecessors, Joe Biden continues to confront a dilemma in the Middle East.

What to Read When You Have Only Half an Hour

A short story has velocity and verve, and the best ones create an immediate, instinctual bond between the reader and the character...

The Shyamalan Secret to Scariness

Ishana Night Shyamalan’s debut film, The Watchers, finds a careful balance between the freaky and the mundane.

EVs Could Last Nearly Forever—If Car Companies Let Them...

An electric car capable of running for 1 million miles is within reach.

How to Decide What to Leave Behind

Preparing for death can be a way to take inventory of a life well lived.

Six Great Short-Story Collections to Dip Into

The form has velocity and verve, and the best examples create an immediate, instinctual bond between the reader and the characters...

The Geologists of the Future

Can a robot map a planet as well as a human can?

Could Your First EV Be the Last Car You Ever Buy?

An electric car that keeps running for severals decades is technologically possible. That is, unless car companies get in the way.

Horror Runs in the Family

Ishana Night Shyamalan’s debut film, The Watchers, finds a careful balance between the freaky and the mundane.

The Straw Wars

The small, hollow object has had a complicated life.

The Deepfake Crisis That Didn’t Happen

India’s election is an eye-opening lesson for the U.S. and other countries.

What a Year on Ozempic Taught Johann Hari

A chronicler of addictions struggles to control himself.

The Long View of the Challenger Disaster

Adam Higginbotham’s new book on the tragedy manages to add depth to a well-known story.

What the Challenger Disaster Proved

We take the workings of wide, complicated technological systems on faith. But they depend on people—and, sometimes, people fail.

Ruth Bader Biden

No matter the obstacles that Donald Trump creates for himself, Joe Biden’s candidacy remains an existentially risky, perhaps disas...

This Is What It Looks Like When AI Eats the World

The web itself is being shoved into a great unknown.

Confessions of an Ozempic-Taker

A chronicler of addictions struggles to control himself.

The Disaster That Shook America’s Secular Faith

Millions believed in the space-shuttle program, in technological progress, in American ingenuity. The Challenger disaster proved t...

How Much Worse Would a Bird-Flu Pandemic Be?

The world has been through multiple flu pandemics. That doesn’t mean it’s any more prepared.


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